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akaligusan tong tuor [akaligúsan tong tu-ór] (comp. of kaligos, tuor) id To perform a rain-making ritual. [lit: will-bathe that stump] paliliguan ang tuod Pagkatapos it pugas ay akaligusan tong tuor para mag-uyan. After planting the kaingin perform the rain-making ritual of bathing in ashes so that it will rain. [This ritual is performed to bring rain after land is cleared of trees and undergrowth (ka-íngin "slash and burn farming"), stumps burnt and the planting is done. Farmers then draw, sculpt (or have made by an albuláryo "spirit healer, medium") the shape of a person out of a block of wood which they bathe in ashes before praying to the evil spirits who own the land to give rain at night. This is wanted, so they can continue working during the day.] (sem. domains: 4.9.5.4 - Religious ceremony.)

alili [alíli] n A large high interest loan, advance of money to be repaid in rice at harvest (as of a loan set at a low market value for the rice or at a very high interest rate e.g. up to 50%). (sem. domains: 6.8.5 - Borrow.) der. paalili
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